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Posted: September 02 2007 11:12 PM
 
Dave Jennings (aka DavyJ) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Niagara Falls, Canada
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 Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow.
 
Spent the weekend with a pipe bender and some 2" stainless tubing. Thanks to Eric I remembered to leave clearance around the oil filter and starter.
 
 
 
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Posted by DavyJ  -  09/02/2007 11:16 PM
top view
Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005
 
Posted by BigAlBre  -  09/02/2007 11:57 PM
Nice job.....
Big Al sittin back in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St Pete Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999
 
Posted by iajonesy  -  09/03/2007 12:54 AM
Dave,

What kind of bender do you have? Is it manual or hydraulic? I would like to make my own pipes for my Chevy p/u project. Thanks for the help.

Mike
iajonesy [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Lisbon, Iowa
 
Posted by DavyJ  -  09/03/2007 08:53 AM
I borrowed an industrial tube bender. It has electric hydraulic pump, a ram and a die for the bends. Almost all industrial rental supply shops have them. The only problem is that the industrial die is not as tight a radius as the muffler shops use. On the tail pipes I ended up cutting a V slot and welding it up to get a tighter curve. It did leave wrinkles on the inside of the radius, but this will not affect the exhaust. i would prefer a mandrel bent exhaust but around here that is extremely expensive. The stainless mufflers came used from the flea market. Total cost is under $100.
Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005
 
Posted by dixie  -  09/03/2007 12:07 PM
Wht didn't you just go straight under the rear end, i put all of mine under,never hit one yet.
jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006
 
Posted by DavyJ  -  09/03/2007 01:10 PM
over the top, mostly by habit.......just always done it that way........
Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005
 
Posted by roadsterboy  -  09/03/2007 11:07 PM
heres the last one we did
roadsterboy [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Hastings, Nebraska Charter Member since June 2003
 
Posted by dixie  -  09/03/2007 11:51 PM
whole lot of trouble an expense----------------straight.
jim grace [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dade city, Florida Charter Member since January 2006
 
Posted by BigAlBre  -  09/04/2007 09:56 AM
Stainless Works sells stainless exhaust bends and angles (90, 45, 180 etc) with no bend marks in them...and they are flared on one end so you can put together an exhaust system with little or no bending...they also have very cool hangers... check out my "Extreme Makeover" section on the stainless exhaust....ask for Al Noe and tell him I sent ya...
Big Al sittin back in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St Pete Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999
 
Posted by DavyJ  -  09/04/2007 12:07 PM
Roadsterboy....that is one pretty flathead! Al I will look at Stainless works stuff, thanks.
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